Act 2 Flashcards
Quote to show Macbeth imagining killing duncan
‘Is this the dagger which i see befor me’
Quote showing shift of vision to blood, hinting st duncans death
‘I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood’
Quote to show Macbeths dreams of killing duncan
‘Wicked dreams abuse the curtain’d sleep’
Quote showing Macbeths regret on what he has done
‘I have done the deed’
‘Deed’ instead of saying murder shows that he can’t bare to look or think of what he has commited - doesn’t want to say ‘murder’ - sin
Biblical language by Macbeth to emphasise the sincerity of his sins
‘I could not say ‘Amen’ when they did say ‘God bless us’
Quote to show that lady M and Macbeth can’t sleep due to their guilt
‘Sleep no more, for Macbeth does Murder sleep’
Use of imperative verbs to show Lady M taking Charge over Macbeth as he is in shock
‘Go get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand’
‘Go carry the daggers and smear that sleepy grooms with blood’
Dramatic irony used by Macbeth before the body of duncan had been discovered
‘Twas a rough night’
Quote showing Macbeth as duplicitous as he pretends to feel bad
‘All is but toys; renown and grace is dead’
Quote to foreshadown Macbeth’s downfall when Ross talks about how wasteful ambition can destroy you
‘Thriftless ambition that will ravin up Thine own life’s means
Macbeth is guility
‘I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on’t again, I dare not.’
Hyperboly from macbeth to emphahsise guilt
‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No: this hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine’
Lady M doesn’t feel very guilty
‘A little water clears us of this deed’
Macbethcannot sleep due to his actions
‘The affiction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly?
